Between Jon Rahm’s jump, McIlroy walking back some of his criticisms and Mickelson not playing the “I was right all along” card, it sure does feel like we’re inching closer and closer to everybody singing Kumbaya together, hand in hand.
Rory McIlroy has softened his stance against PGA Tour pros who have left for LIV Golf. However, the four-time major champion is still disappointed with how the battle for pro golf supremacy is being waged.
Jon Rahm’s departure to LIV Golf moved Hughes inside the cutoff for this week’s 2024 PGA Tour season-opener, proving that while meritocracy may reign in golf, bureaucracy isn’t far behind. And now that Hughes is here, he has plenty to say.
Tiger Woods and LIV Golf were Google’s most searched-for golf subjects in the US in 2023, according to data provided by the search engine. At least with 15-time major winner Woods, that comes as no surprise. But break the search interest down by month and there are some eyebrow raisers—Sam Ryder, Sam Bennett and even NBA legend Steph Curry.
Despite the ways in which professional golf has benefited from a series of booms, starting with Tiger Woods and continuing through the pandemic bump, it would be a mistake to think it’s on such solid ground that the events of the past two years haven’t taken a hidden toll on the people who are supposed to keep watching.
Aberg said on a Eurosport podcast that he is “super confident” in his decision to play on the PGA Tour rather than the LIV Golf League that is run by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
The PGA Tour sent out a memo to its players on Monday evening (Tuesday afternoon, AEDT) announcing that world No.3 Jon Rahm, who signed a deal last week to play for LIV Golf, has been suspended, an expected move that will have a positive domino effect for numerous players.
In the wake of Jon Rahm’s defection last week to LIV Golf, speculation had turned to other tour pros who might be next in jumping to the upstart circuit.
Jon Rahm’s exodus to LIV Golf has sparked rumours regarding who might follow the reigning Masters champ to the Saudi-backed circuit, with one European media outlet reporting Tony Finau as a potential mover.
We all thought Homa was just another witty millennial golfer on Twitter/X, but if the eerie prediction he made just hours before the Basque Bruiser confirmed his LIV switch is any indication, he may well be the second coming of Nostradamus.